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This book offers a defense of the tensed theory of time, a critique of the New Theory of Reference, and an argument that simultaneity is absolute. Although Smith rejects ordinary language philosophy, he shows how it is possible to argue from the nature of language to the nature of reality. Specifica...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Smith, Quentin, 1952-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
Subjects:
Time > Philosophy.
Reference (Philosophy)
Language and logic.
Temps > Philosophie.
Référence (Philosophie)
Langage et logique.
PHILOSOPHY > Metaphysics.
Language and logic
Time > Philosophy
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The translation method and the tensed and tenseless theories of time
  • The untranslatability of a-sentences by tenseless date-sentences
  • The untranslatability of a-sentences by tenseless token-reflexive sentences
  • The tensed theory of a-sentences
  • Presentness as a logical subject of a-sentences
  • Presentness as a logical subject of tenseless sentences
  • Absolute presentness and the special theory of relativity
  • Conclusion.

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